伊瑟尔将文学作品划分为未定性的本文和读者具体化两部分,在此可运用伊瑟尔的读者接受理论来分析狄金森的代表短诗《篱笆那边》所蕴涵的意义。篱笆、草莓、围裙、上帝等词汇看似简单具体,实质为领悟本诗的要旨,所以不能单单从它们各自的字面意义上来理解,而应充分发挥读者的主观能动性来挖掘超越其字面的深层、隽永的意蕴。 Isell divides the literary works into two parts, the indefinite one and the readerspecification. Here, Isel’s reader acceptance theory can be used to analyze the implication of Dickinson’s short poem “The Edge of the Fence”. The words such as fences, strawberries, aprons, and gods appear to be simple, concrete and substantial in essence to comprehend the essence of this poem. Therefore, they should not be understood solely in their respective literal sense. Instead, they should give full play to the readers’ subjective initiative to tap beyond their literal depth, Meaningful Meaning.